Philosophy
I suppose this is bad news for some:
First there are popular uprisings demanding democratic reforms in Muslim countries and now the death of bin Laden. It's not been a good couple of months for the jihadists.
Donald Trump lost his birth certificate issue last week, hopefully he'll not start asking where the long form death certificate is.
But on the up-side, the resources that went to tracking someone who had himself so isolated that he could no longer effectively run the organization he founded can now be redirected to stopping future incidents.
Also, we have seen a very measured, muted response from the President, not the sort of crowing and chest-beating we likely would have been treated to with the last administration. The adult reaction that tamped things down instead of inflaming them has been nice to watch.
- Justin Beiber, U.s. Senator
Now that the President has released his birth certificate, perhaps the next move for Donald Trump and the birthers is to contend that he forged the date. Maybe he was born in the U.S., maybe not; but is he really old enough to be President? The Constitution...
- More Bad Gifts
My discussion of bad gifts got picked up a couple of places, including the Sacramento Bee and the Washington Times (yes, that Washington Times). Let me make one clarification. I am not saying that there are no cases in which gift cards make good gifts....
- Poisoning The Well With The Enemy's Propaganda
Fascinating quotation from one of the President's speeches from last week: "You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism. If that ever becomes the mind-set of the policymakers in Washington, it means we'll go back to the old days of waiting...
- Take The Money, Donald Trump! Do It For The Children!
Apparently Donald Trump wants to help charities, but he won't donate the money without extorting President Obama to release documents that, let's face it, will not satisfy the birthers and their conspiracy theories. Fortunately, Stephen Colbert...
- Obama & Seth Myers At The White House Correspondents' Dinner
Disclaimer: there is a chance I may have broken some ribs over the weekend. If that's the case, I'll probably slow down on the funny entries for a while because unfortunately, apart from sneezing and getting up in the morning when your ribs are...
Philosophy
Had Been Laden, No Longer Is Laden
I suppose this is bad news for some:
First there are popular uprisings demanding democratic reforms in Muslim countries and now the death of bin Laden. It's not been a good couple of months for the jihadists.
Donald Trump lost his birth certificate issue last week, hopefully he'll not start asking where the long form death certificate is.
But on the up-side, the resources that went to tracking someone who had himself so isolated that he could no longer effectively run the organization he founded can now be redirected to stopping future incidents.
Also, we have seen a very measured, muted response from the President, not the sort of crowing and chest-beating we likely would have been treated to with the last administration. The adult reaction that tamped things down instead of inflaming them has been nice to watch.
- Justin Beiber, U.s. Senator
Now that the President has released his birth certificate, perhaps the next move for Donald Trump and the birthers is to contend that he forged the date. Maybe he was born in the U.S., maybe not; but is he really old enough to be President? The Constitution...
- More Bad Gifts
My discussion of bad gifts got picked up a couple of places, including the Sacramento Bee and the Washington Times (yes, that Washington Times). Let me make one clarification. I am not saying that there are no cases in which gift cards make good gifts....
- Poisoning The Well With The Enemy's Propaganda
Fascinating quotation from one of the President's speeches from last week: "You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism. If that ever becomes the mind-set of the policymakers in Washington, it means we'll go back to the old days of waiting...
- Take The Money, Donald Trump! Do It For The Children!
Apparently Donald Trump wants to help charities, but he won't donate the money without extorting President Obama to release documents that, let's face it, will not satisfy the birthers and their conspiracy theories. Fortunately, Stephen Colbert...
- Obama & Seth Myers At The White House Correspondents' Dinner
Disclaimer: there is a chance I may have broken some ribs over the weekend. If that's the case, I'll probably slow down on the funny entries for a while because unfortunately, apart from sneezing and getting up in the morning when your ribs are...